Arabic 1

This subject is for students with very little or no knowledge of Arabic. Students will be introduced to the sounds of the Arabic language and the letters and symbols of its writing system. Students will start building their vocabulary and gain an understanding of, and the ability to use constructively, some basic structures of the language. Vocabulary and grammar will be learnt and activated by working with texts affording students insights into Arab culture. At this stage, students will concentrate on basic sociocultural matters related to some aspects of everyday living and social conventions. In the process, students will be aided by state-of-the-art textbooks, authentic written and audio-visual materials, and the interactive online program developed by Asia Institute staff. Along the way, students will learn to study the language actively and interactively, become audiovisual learners and develop learning strategies to eventually become self-sufficient language learners capable of independently engaging in the perpetual process of learning a language.

阿拉伯语入门，学习基础发音与词汇。

• 1Read and interpret basic, authentic, vocalised Arabic texts
• 2Write simple Arabic texts with vowel signs
• 3Initiate and sustain a basic conversation in Modern Standard Arabic about everyday topics
• 4Apply new grammatical concepts in writing and speaking and identify these concepts in reading and listening
• 5Integrate basic geographical, political, and sociocultural knowledge of the Arab world into their use of Modern Standard Arabic
• 6Begin to differentiate between Modern Standard Arabic and other varieties of Arabic when listening or speaking.